# CVE-2002-2357: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash MailEnable mail server by sending a long USER string, causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Oct 2007
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cpg3-5g4r-7vjm

## What is CVE-2002-2357?

CVE-2002-2357 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mailenable Mailenable, published on 29 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

MailEnable 1.5 015 through 1.5 018 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long USER string, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2357?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mailenable Mailenable.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-2357?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2357 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-2357 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-2357 exists.

Public exploit code:

- MailEnable 1.501x - Email Server Buffer Overflow (exploitdb)

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- [CVE-2015-9278](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9278/): MailEnable before 8.60 allows Privilege Escalation because admin accounts could be created as a consequence of %0A mishandling in AUTH.TAB a (critical 9.8)
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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-2357 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-2357 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mailenable Mailenable, published on 29 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-2357 exists.

Affected product: Mailenable Mailenable. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2357/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2357/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-2357
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2357
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-2357

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2357/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.